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brin

/ˈbɹɪn/

brin noun: one of the radiating sticks of a fan. The outermost are larger and longer, and are called panaches.

Noun

brin (plural brins)

  1. One of the radiating sticks of a fan. The outermost are larger and longer, and are called panaches.
  2. A single silkworm thread extruded from the gland, before it has formed a bave.

Proper noun capitalized: Brin

Brin (plural Brins)

  1. A surname.

Forms of brin

Noun
pluralbrins
Proper noun
pluralBrins

Origin of brin

Of unknown origin ; perhaps French brin

* As a Jewish surname, from Brin, the Yiddish name for Brno. * Also as a Jewish surname, from a Hebrew acronym בן רבי (ben rabi, “son of rabbi”) followed by a Yiddish personal name, similar to Brill. * As a French surname, from the adjective brin (“loud, quarrelsome”).

Words that rhyme with brin

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Questions about brin

What does brin mean?
Brin means one of the radiating sticks of a fan. The outermost are larger and longer, and are called panaches.
What part of speech is brin?
Brin can be a noun or a proper noun.
How do you pronounce brin?
Brin is pronounced /ˈbɹɪn/.
What is the plural of brin?
The plural of brin is brins.

Words near brin in the dictionary

  1. brimstone matches
  2. brimstones
  3. brimstonewort
  4. brimstoney
  5. brimstony
  6. brin
  7. Brina
  8. brinase
  9. Brincat
  10. brincidofovir
  11. Brindabella

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